Monitor Screen Resolution

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:18 am

I just bought a 22" Wide screen LCD Monitor and I cant seem to find the proper screen resolution. It says to set it to 1680 x 1050 but that doesn't look right. Any idea's ?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:24 am

That's a common one for that size WS. Probably want to make sure the proper monitor drivers are loaded in Device Manager, and also your video card supports wide screen resolutions so that you can properly set it to that rez.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:44 am

that card can do that res but its weak

Asus V8 420 GeForce 4 Ti4200 Video Card

I suggest a better card if you plan on gaming though.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:46 pm

Is this your first widescreen?

WHat about it doenst look right?

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:47 pm

Sorry. Updated the video card a while ago. Never changed it in my signature. I have to set the resolution to 2048 x 768 to get it to look decent.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:50 pm

This is my 1st wide screen and my 1st LCD. Maybe its going to take me a while to get used to it. They are very bright with a lot of contrast compared to my CRT.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:48 pm

Make sure the refresh rate is what the monitor is meant to run at too, 60hz is fine for LCDs.

What monitor is this?

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:17 pm

22" Envision Wide Screen LCD

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:25 pm

Not sure how You have it at 2048 x 768 if its native is 1680x1050.

Is it plugged in via DVI or analog cable?

It should look fine at 1680x1050.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:15 pm

1680x1050 is the native resolution, that is what it should be set at.

Can you take a picture of it with your camera at that resolution and post it here for us so we can see if it looks normal or not?

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:55 pm

It is plugged in with analog cable. Do you want a picture of my desktop or something on my browser?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:42 pm

both if we can be greedy

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:03 pm

How about a couple shots using Snagit. I don't know if this will help. This is how I have it set now at 2048 x 768.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/iflog/pic1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/iflog/pic2.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/iflog/pic3.jpg

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:09 pm

those pictures are at 1024x768, did you resize them at all before uploading?

what I really want is a picture taken by a digital camera of your LCD sitting at the desktop at 1680x1050 so I can see if the aspect ratios look correct

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:46 pm

The reason it shows up as 1024 is because I run dual monitors using NVIDIA horizontal span mode. If I was to capture the whole screen, which would be both monitors, it would be double. 1024 x 2 = 2048

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:14 am

it might be the dual monitor thign thats messing you up.

if you set it up for just the 22" and set it to 1680x1050 how does it look.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:07 pm

Well, heres the deal. I set the monitor up by itself and tried a few resolutions. Sorry for the crappy pics. Used my cell phone. I'll start with the resolution it should be set at.

1680x1050
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... onitor.jpg

Then I played with a few others.

1280x768
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... onitor.jpg

1280x1024
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... onitor.jpg

Here are 3 shots of it set at 2048x768 with both monitors.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... nitors.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... itors2.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ ... itors3.jpg

I think I'm going to have to stay with it the way it is. I'm sure the dual monitor thing is forcing me to. Even though, the setting at 1680x1050 on a single view monitor doesn't look good either. The icons are really small.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:19 pm

1680x1050 is the correct resolution for the 22" though, it looks fine to me in the pics

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:39 pm

If you're not going to run an LCD at its native resolution, you might as well return it.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:15 pm

It may look good to you at 1680x1050 but the icons are very small, and that is running one monitor. When I run the dual view it stretches the resolution across both monitors. That is probably why I have to run 2048. If I were to run the dual monitors at 1680 the icons would be so thin you wouldn't be able to read what is under them. Why would I return the monitor just because I can't run it at its native resolution? Please don't respond with idiotic remarks.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:45 pm

iflog wrote:It may look good to you at 1680x1050 but the icons are very small, and that is running one monitor. When I run the dual view it stretches the resolution across both monitors. That is probably why I have to run 2048. If I were to run the dual monitors at 1680 the icons would be so thin you wouldn't be able to read what is under them. Why would I return the monitor just because I can't run it at its native resolution? Please don't respond with idiotic remarks.

LCDs have a fixed number of pixels.

If you run the LCD in any other resolution than its native one, the picture looks like ****. This is not a hard concept to grasp.

You should've done some research into that before buying one, it seems.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:05 pm

iflog wrote:It may look good to you at 1680x1050 but the icons are very small, and that is running one monitor. When I run the dual view it stretches the resolution across both monitors. That is probably why I have to run 2048. If I were to run the dual monitors at 1680 the icons would be so thin you wouldn't be able to read what is under them. Why would I return the monitor just because I can't run it at its native resolution? Please don't respond with idiotic remarks.

Well, we answered your question, 1680x1050 is the correct and native resolution of the LCD. If you don't like that resolution then you will have to force it to a non-native resolution which won't look as sharp and potentially have a different aspect ratio.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:48 pm

Sounds like you're use to very large icons, or have bad eyesight.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:33 pm

You can increase icon and font size in Windows at any resolution.